1st Edition

Solution-Focused Therapy and Counseling with Children, Young People and their Families The Bruges Model

Edited By Luc Isebaert Copyright 2027
236 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This practical volume contains a detailed discussion of key topics within solution-focused therapy and counseling with children and their families. Grounded in decades of clinical experience and international research, the Bruges Model offers an integrative approach that empowers clients to rediscover their own strengths and achieve meaningful change in a relatively short time. Developed by... Read more

Introduction  1. The Bruges Model Of Therapy With Children And Families  2. Kids’ Skills: An Innovative And Playful Way To Help Children Overcome Problems  3. Solution-Focused Safety Work With Children And Youngsters: ‘The Solution-Focused Terrier Within Us’  4. Solution-Focused Work With Partner Violence  5. A Bruges Model Approach To Relational Therapy  6. The Primal Truce  7. Co-Constructing Change: Hosting Transformative Dialogues And Building Strong Partnerships With Helping Allies From Larger Systems  8. Transforming Juvenile Offenders’ Lives: A Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy Approach  9. Engaging Youth And Families Impacted By Substance Abuse: A Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Approach  10. Choice For Voice: Utilizing The Bruges Model In A School Context  11. Solution-Focused Education: A Different Focus  12. Brief Solution-Focused Therapy With Eating Disordered Habits  13. Externalization

Biography

Luc Isebaert, MD, was a psychiatrist-psychotherapist and founder of the Korzybski Institute in Bruges, Belgium. He served as honorary head of psychiatry and psychosomatics at AZ Sint-Jan Bruges and was a founding member and past president of the European Brief Therapy Association. His work focused on solution-focused cognitive and systemic therapy as well as the integration of mind, brain, and body.